The Afternoon of a Faun: Prelude

~ Recording by London Festival Orchestra, René Leibowitz

Appears on releases

#TitleLengthTrack artistRelease titleRelease artistRelease group typeCountry/DateLabelCatalog#
Official
1.7The Afternoon of a Faun: Prelude9:43Claude DebussyA Portrait of FranceRené LeibowitzAlbum + Compilation
Chesky RecordsCD57

Relationships

recorded in:London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (in 1960)
recording engineer:Kenneth Wilkinson (engineer)
engineer:Bob Katz (American engineer)
Jeremy Kipnis
executive producer:David Chesky
Norman Chesky
producer:Charles Gerhardt (conductor, producer, arranger)
orchestra:London Festival Orchestra (“house orchestra” of Decca Records, associated since 1980 with conductor Ross Pople) (in 1960)
conductor:René Leibowitz (conductor) (in 1960)
recording of:Prélude à l’après‐midi d’un faune, L. 86, CD 87 (Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun, L. 86, CD 87, original version for orchestra) (in 1960)

Prélude à l’après‐midi d’un faune, L. 86, CD 87 (Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun, L. 86, CD 87, original version for orchestra)

composer:Claude Debussy (French composer) (from 1891 until 1894-09)
dedicated to:Raymond Bonheur (composer, 1861-1939)
premiered at:[concert] (1894-12-22)
publisher:Eugène Fromont (in 1895-10)
is the basis for:Prélude à l’après-midi d’un faune (arr. Tomita)
arrangements:Extract from “The Afternoon of a Faun” (for violin and piano, Heifetz)
Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune (for flute and piano, Lenski)
Prélude à l’après-midi d’un faune (for flute and piano, arr. Samazeuilh)
Prélude à l’après-midi d’un faune, L. 86, CD 87 (for chamber ensemble, Sachs)
Prélude à l’après-midi d’un faune, L. 86, CD 87 (for two pianos, Debussy)
Prélude à l’après-midi d’un faune, L. 86, CD 87 (for two pianos, Ravel)
Prélude à l’après-midi d’un faune, L. 86, CD 87 (catch-all for arrangements)
Prélude à l’après-midi d’un faune, L. 86, CD 87 (for piano, Borwick)
Prélude à l’après‐midi d’un faune (for octet)
Prélude à l’après‐midi d’un faune, L. 86, CD 87 (for piano, Kun)